Italians have a little joke, that the world is so hard a man must have two fathers to look after him, and that's why they have godfathers.

Any man can turn traitor.

I spent my whole life trying not to be careless. Women and children can afford to be careless, but not men.

Why should I be afraid now? Strange men have come to kill me ever since I was twelve years old.

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

I want to tell you a story. I have no other vanity.

Friendship and money: oil and water.